Visual artist and music producer from Slovenia, born 1997.

lenart.merlin@gmail.com

EDUCATION

2016–2020 BA, Visual Communication, Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Ljubljana, Slovenia

GROUP SHOWS

• Appointment Music Poster Exhibition, DobraVaga, Ljubljana, Slovenia 2019

• Send nudes, Student Photography Exhibition, Fakulteta za družbene vede, Ljubljana, Slovenia 2019

• Plaktivat, Socially Engaged Poster Production in Slovenia Exhibition, Zgodovinski atrij Mestne hiše v Ljubljani, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2019

• Neighbours, 5th Anniversary of DobraVaga Gallery Exhibition, DobraVaga, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2021

• Galerija 7:069 x Galerija Alkatraz: S04E03, Ljubljana,Slovenia, 2021

• 35th Ljubljana Biennale of Graphic Arts, MGLC, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2023

SOLO SHOWS

• V mestu (JANUS), Current painting exhibition, Galerija Kocka, Kulturni center Janeza Trdine, Novo mesto, Slovenia, 2024

AWARDS

• Silver medal at 11th open call for socially engaged poster (No Excuse!) - PLAKTIVAT, 2018

• Slovenian music award 'Zlata Piščal' 2018 - Newcomer artist of the year 2017: MRFY

• Slovenian music award 'Zlata Piščal' 2022 - Slovenian song of the year 2021: MRFY - Prjatučki

• Slovenian music award 'Zlata Piščal' 2023 - Artist of the year 2022: MRFY

• Slovenian music award 'Zlata Piščal' 2023 - Album of the year 2022: MRFY - Use

• Slovenian music award 'Zlata Piščal' 2023 - Song of the year 2022: MRFY - Angeli

RESIDENCIES

• MI-LAB (Mokuhanga Innovation Lab), Echizen, Fukui, Japan (Sep/Oct 2024)

WORK

BOG, mixed media on canvas, 70 x 100 cm, 2024

Portrait of Slavoj Žižek in Adidas Packaging, serigraphy, 30 x 40 cm, 2024

Film score for short movie Faraway Fields, 2022

2020, mixed media on canvas, 90 x 100 cm, 2020

Music Video for Uganka, song by Balans, 2021

Kim's Ex, mixed media on canvas, 70 x 50 cm, 2022

Visual Identity for MRFY band, 2016–

"Klin se s klinom zbija", mixed media on canvas, 100 x 150 cm, 2023

Self Portrait, mixed media on canvas, 80 x 60 cm, 2020

Sound design for NPR. Collective's project Expedition Stone, presented at the 35th Ljubljana Biennale of Graphic Arts, MGLC, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2023

Rustic Baguette, mixed media on canvas, 80 x 120 cm, 2023

Posters addressing victims of domestic violence, 11th open call for socially engaged poster (No Excuse!) - PLAKTIVAT, 2018

500Ping, digital collage, 2020

Logo for Kormorana band

Uber come to Slovenia, acrylic paint on canvas, 80 x 60 cm, 2023

Album cover for ROJPOT, 2022